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Shadow Priest

  • 2v2
  • 21 players
  • Last Updated: 2 days ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Shadow Priest on the 2v2 leaderboard. The data on this page is updated every 24 hours in order for the data to be as relevant as possible.

This page only shows what the best players in the world are using. This might not apply to every skill bracket in Mythic+. Use this page as the starting point of your journey, and don’t be afraid to stray away from what is presented on this page!

Players

Crymorelolxd

Crymorelolxd

<Victim Specs>Outland (eu)

Talents (class)

Petrifying Scream
Psychic Voice

Talents (spec)

Invoked Nightmare
Mental Fortitude
Improved Voidform
Mind's Eye

Talents (hero)

Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon

Talents (pvp)

Mind Trauma
Psyfiend
Phase Shift
Stunsilence

Stunsilence

<dgb>Sargeras (us)

Talents (class)

Sheer Terror
Mind Control
Psychic Voice
Focused Power

Talents (spec)

Invoked Nightmare
Intangibility
Ancient Madness
Mind's Eye
Deathspeaker

Talents (hero)

Dark Energy
Darkening Horizon
Void Leech

Talents (pvp)

Driven to Madness
Psyfiend
Phase Shift
Bcr

Bcr

<Ministerio PvP>Area 52 (us)

Talents (class)

Sheer Terror
Mind Control
Psychic Voice

Talents (spec)

Misery
Intangibility
Improved Voidform
Deathspeaker

Talents (hero)

Incessant Screams
Energy Compression

Talents (pvp)

Mind Trauma
Psyfiend
Phase Shift

Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Shadow Priest is
Haste > Versatility > Mastery > Critical Strike

Best Races

The best race for a Shadow Priest for the Alliance is Night Elf and for the Horde is Undead

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

81% of the best players use this combination
Astral Gladiator's Medallion

Astral Gladiator's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 55 primary stat for 20 sec.

10% of the best players use this combination
Astral Gladiator's Medallion

Astral Gladiator's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Astral Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Astral Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 65 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

5% of the best players use this combination
Lily of the Eternal Weave

Lily of the Eternal Weave

Use: Borrow from the fates of those around you, increasing your Mastery by 180 for 15 sec. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj

Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to let loose a nascent empowerment from the crystal, increasing a random secondary stat by 97 for 20 sec.

Best Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Shadow Priest is Versatile Emerald
Versatile Emerald

Versatile Emerald

35%

+10 Haste and +3 Versatility

Versatile Onyx

Versatile Onyx

17%

+10 Mastery and +3 Versatility

Quick Sapphire

Quick Sapphire

12%

+10 Versatility and +3 Haste

Best Embellishments

Embellishments are specific abilities that can be added onto a piece of gear or weapons to add an equip bonus. The most popular embellishment for a Shadow Priest is Energy Redistribution Beacon on a Ring 2 item
Energy Redistribution Beacon

Energy Redistribution Beacon

119%

Equip: While above 80% health, direct healing you do also redistributes up to 2% of your health to your target.

  • Ring 252%
  • Ring 140%
  • Neck8%
Elemental Focusing Lens

Elemental Focusing Lens

57%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to deal 724 damage to your target. The magic school chosen is based upon your selection of socketed Khaz Algar gems.

  • Ring 250%
  • Ring 142%
  • Feet8%
Writhing Armor Banding

Writhing Armor Banding

5%

Equip: Embrace the darkness. Double the effects of your other Nerubian embellished item, positive and negative.

  • Wrist100%

Best Enchants

Percentages are calculated in relation to 50 players. If an enchant has a value of more than 100%, it means the enchant is found more than 50 times. This usually happens when the same enchant is applied to both rings.
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Back

Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

67%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 12 Speed and causing the cooldown of your Hearthstone to recover 15% faster while in Khaz Algar. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Chant of Leeching Fangs

Chant of Leeching Fangs

10%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 18 Leech and heal for 1,527 every 5 sec while out of combat. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Chest

Council's Intellect

Council's Intellect

67%

Permanently enchants a chestpiece to increase your Intellect by 24 and mana pool by 3%. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Crystalline Radiance

Crystalline Radiance

33%

Permanently enchants a chestpiece with Earthen rune magic to increase your Intellect by 34. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Feet

Scout's March

Scout's March

71%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a scout's swiftness, increasing Speed by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Defender's March

Defender's March

14%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a defender's tenacity, increasing Stamina by 41. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Legs

Daybreak Spellthread

Daybreak Spellthread

48%

Use: Apply Daybreak Spellthread to your leggings, permanently increasing its Intellect by 8 and increasing the wearer's maximum mana by 5%.

Sunset Spellthread

Sunset Spellthread

24%

Use: Apply Sunset Spellthread to your leggings, permanently increasing its Intellect by 8 and Stamina by 8.

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Main Hand

Authority of Radiant Power

Authority of Radiant Power

52%

Permanently enchants a weapon with the Authority of Radiant Power. Dealing damage has a chance to call upon that authority, smiting your target for 998 Radiant damage and temporarily increasing your Primary stat by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Stonebound Artistry

Stonebound Artistry

19%

Permanently enchants a weapon to sometimes grant you Artisanal Flourish, bestowing 21 Mastery to you for 12 sec. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Ring

+21 Haste

+21 Haste

105%

Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Haste by 15. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

+21 Versatility

+21 Versatility

38%

Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Versatility by 15. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

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Wrist

+66 Speed

+66 Speed

52%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 46 Speed. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

+43 Speed

+43 Speed

10%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that whispers of power, granting 23 Speed. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Talents

The new talent system is not as straight-forward as the talent systems from previous expansions. Many talents are situational, and choosing your talents should be done based on the content you are doing. This heat map will show what talents are must-picks, which ones are situational, and which ones are rarely chosen.

Colors

The colors indicate the popularity of the talent. The numbers below indicate the percentage of the top 50 players that have chosen this talent.

  • 90% - 100% (best)
  • 50% - 89% (good)
  • 20% - 49% (situational)
  • 0% - 19% (unpopular)

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Improved Flash Heal
19%
Angelic Feather
95.2%
Mind Blast
95.2%
Holy Nova
0%
Dispel Magic
90.5%
Spiritual Guidance
95.2%
Psychic Scream
95.2%
Lightburst
0%
Leap of Faith
90.5%
Purify Disease
47.6%
Power Infusion
95.2%
Painful Invocation
90.5%
Sheer Terror
76.2%
Surge of Light
14.3%
Body and Soul
76.2%
Mass Dispel
90.5%
Twins of the Sun Priestess
85.7%
Strength of Soul
95.2%
Mind Control
52.4%
Psychic Voice
76.2%
Everlasting Light
4.8%
Move with Grace
47.6%
Mental Agility
19%
Twin Disciplines
90.5%
Dark Enlightenment
90.5%
False Autonomy
0%
Shackle Horror
4.8%
Inspiration
14.3%
Binding Heals
76.2%
Shadow Word: Death
90.5%
Sanguine Teachings
66.7%
Desperate Prayer
81%
Twist of Fate
90.5%
2 / 2
Tithe Evasion
42.9%
Fade
85.7%
Angel's Mercy
38.1%
Protective Light
47.6%
Mindpierce
81%
Spectral Illusion
4.8%
Improved Fade
76.2%
2 / 2
Light's Inspiration
28.6%
Unwavering Will
0%
1 / 2
Spell Warding
76.2%
2 / 2
Phantasm
47.6%
Angelic Bulwark
0%
Focused Power
47.6%
Phantom Reach
66.7%
Translucent Image
38.1%

Voidweaver

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Devour Matter
93.8%
Void Infusion
56.3%
Inner Quietus
100%
Void Torrent
100%
Quickened Pulse
93.8%
Dark Energy
100%
Collapsing Void
87.5%
Darkening Horizon
100%
Embrace the Shadow
37.5%
Void Blast
100%
Voidwraith
93.8%
Overwhelming Shadows
6.3%
Touch of the Void
50%
Voidheart
81.3%
Entropic Rift
0%
Shadow Word: Madness
95.2%
Psychic Link
81%
Invoked Nightmare
95.2%
Intangibility
90.5%
Thought Harvester
47.6%
Tentacle Slam
95.2%
Shadowy Apparitions
90.5%
Tormenting Whispers
95.2%
Descending Darkness
42.9%
Surge of Insanity
90.5%
Shadowy Insight
76.2%
Voidtouched
66.7%
Voidform
90.5%
Haunting Shadows
85.7%
Mental Decay
85.7%
Shadowfiend
57.1%
Dark Thoughts
14.3%
Maddening Touch
52.4%
Improved Voidform
85.7%
Phantom Menace
42.9%
Dark Evangelism
66.7%
Shattered Psyche
9.5%
Subservient Shadows
57.1%
Mastermind
19%
2 / 2
Mind's Eye
85.7%
Spectral Horrors
61.9%
Instilled Doubt
66.7%
2 / 2
Mindbender
38.1%
Deathspeaker
23.8%
Mind Devourer
28.6%
Auspicious Spirits
90.5%
Maddening Tentacles
66.7%
Inescapable Torment
38.1%
Madness Weaving
0%
1 / 2
Death's Torment
0%
Screams of the Void
90.5%
2 / 2
Tormented Spirits
81%
Insidious Ire
33.3%
2 / 2
Crushing Void
33.3%
Idol of Y'Shaarj
28.6%
Idol of N'Zoth
52.4%
Idol of Yogg-Saron
47.6%
Idol of C'Thun
42.9%
Void Apparitions
0%

Best PvP Talents

Phase Shift

Phase Shift

90%

Step into the shadows when you cast Fade, avoiding all attacks and spells for 1 sec. Interrupt effects are not affected by Phase Shift.

Psyfiend

Psyfiend

81%

Summons a Psyfiend with 1,222 health for 12 sec beside you to attack the target at range with Psyflay. Psyflay Deals up to 1% of the target's total health in Shadow damage every 0.9 sec. Also slows their movement speed by 50% and reduces healing received by 50%.

Driven to Madness

Driven to Madness

29%

While Voidform is not active, being attacked will reduce the cooldown of Voidform by 3 sec.

Cascading Horrors

Cascading Horrors

29%

Void Eruption sends out slow-moving bolts of Shadow energy at random locations every 0.5 sec for 3 sec, dealing 290 Shadow damage to all targets within 8 yds, and causing them to flee in Horror for 2 sec.

Mind Trauma

Mind Trauma

19%

Siphon haste from enemies, stealing 2% haste per stack of Mind Trauma, stacking up to 9 times. Fully channeled Mind Flays grant 1 stack of Mind Trauma and fully channeled Void Torrents grant 3 stacks of Mind Trauma. Lasts 15 sec. You can only gain 3 stacks of Mind Trauma from a single enemy.

Psychic Shroud

Psychic Shroud

19%

When your Psychic Scream affects 1 or more players, the next crowd control effect against you is prevented. Lasts 15 sec.

Mindgames

Mindgames

5%

Assault an enemy's mind, dealing 1,133 Shadow damage and briefly reversing their perception of reality. For 7 sec, the next 3,990 damage they deal will heal their target, and the next 3,990 healing they deal will damage their target.